| D-2023-0067-D000CT-0001-0004.a1 |
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Rec. 4.a.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment direct the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council to revise Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Procedures, Guidance, and Information Part 201, "Federal Acquisition Regulation System," Subpart 201.6, "Career Development, Contracting Authority, and Responsibilities," to require contracting officers to conduct an initial review of the contracting officer's representative file within a set timeframe, such as within 6 months, of designating a contracting officer's representative to ensure that the contracting officer's representative is complying with the designation letter requirements.
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| D-2023-0067-D000CT-0001-0004.a2 |
No |
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Rec. 4.a.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment direct the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council to revise Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Procedures, Guidance, and Information Part 201, "Federal Acquisition Regulation System," Subpart 201.6, "Career Development, Contracting Authority, and Responsibilities," to require contracting officers to, after the initial review, establish a contracting officer's representative file review frequency not less than once annually, based on the contracting officer's assessment of the risks, complexity, and value of the contract.
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| D-2023-0067-D000CT-0001-0004.a3 |
No |
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Rec. 4.a.3: The DoD OIG recommended that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment direct the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council to revise Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Procedures, Guidance, and Information Part 201, "Federal Acquisition Regulation System," Subpart 201.6, "Career Development, Contracting Authority, and Responsibilities," to require contracting officers to provide comments to the contracting officer's representative and requiring activity within 30 days of a review on the contracting officer's representative's level of compliance with designation letter requirements and require the contracting officer's representative to take corrective action, as needed.
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| D-2023-0067-D000CT-0001-0004.b |
No |
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Rec. 4.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment revise DoD Instruction 5000.72, "DoD Standard for Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Certification," March 26, 2015 (Incorporating Change 2, November 6, 2020), to align with the updated contracting officer's representative file review requirements in Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Procedures, Guidance, and Information Part 201, "Federal Acquisition Regulation System," Subpart 201.6, "Career Development, Contracting Authority, and Responsibilities."
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| D-2023-0067-D000CT-0001-0004.c |
No |
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Rec. 4.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment develop and issue interim guidance addressing initial and recurring contracting officer's representative file review requirements until Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Procedures, Guidance, and Information Part 201, "Federal Acquisition Regulation System," Subpart 201.6, "Career Development, Contracting Authority, and Responsibilities," and DoD Instruction 5000.72, "DoD Standard for Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Certification," March 26, 2015 (Incorporating Change 2, November 6, 2020), are revised and implemented.
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| D-2023-0067-D000CT-0001-0004.d |
No |
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Rec. 4.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment develop and implement plans, in coordination with the Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer, to ensure that contracting officers are aware of the DoD technical experience requirements for contracting officer's representatives who monitor contractor cybersecurity services or accept cybersecurity deliverables.
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| D-2023-0067-D000CT-0001-0004.e |
No |
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Rec. 4.e: The DoD OIG recommended that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment direct the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council to revise Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Part 239, "Acquisition of Information Technology," Subpart 239.71, "Security and Privacy for Computer Systems," to reflect current DoD cybersecurity policies.
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| D-2023-0067-D000CT-0001-0005 |
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Rec. 5: The DoD OIG recommended that the Defense Acquisition University President revise the DoD contracting officer's representative training curriculum and materials, in coordination with the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting and the Director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency, to include detailed instructions for contracting officer's representatives to review and validate that contractor payment requests, including interim vouchers, are commensurate with performance to prevent improper payments.
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